Tim Starling writes,

> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+filebug

Thanks, Tim.

After a quick look at the bug tracker and other docs, I can say the 
issue had been reported long ago (at least a decade), and was on its way 
to getting fixed a couple of years ago in Mailman 2.2. However, I'm not 
sure that 2.2 ever made it out. (Wikitech-l is currently running on 
Mailman 2.1.9; the latest release looks to be 2.1.13.)

The good news: the problem has been fixed in Mailman 3.0: "Get rid of 
password reminders altogether. Encrypt member passwords and use a 
password reset feature instead of a reminder. (Done)"

The bad news: Mailman 3.0 is in alpha release right now -- probably not 
ready to use yet. Though it is currently under active development, so 
maybe sometime relatively soon.

References:

Bug #266390 in GNU Mailman: “Storing of passwords”
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/266390

SourceForge.net: Mailman: Detail: 209499 - Security hole: passwords 
mailed in clear
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=209499&group_id=103&atid=100103

Milestones : GNU Mailman
https://launchpad.net/mailman/+milestones

Mailman 3.0 - Development - Confluence
http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/Mailman+3.0

Pete


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